24 May 2011

Purple Flower!

Hello and happy Tuesday to you all, I hope that your week has been off to a great start...mine has been quite a long one already and I am looking forward to it being over...I now officially have 6 days left of work and I will be on holidays for 2 weeks, Woohooo! cannot wait...I love the idea of being able to sleep in, get up and get out in the garden and do those long overdue chores inside that keep looking at me...it will be so nice to just kick back and relax and squeeze in lots of crafting time to boot.

Today, I wanted to share another card that I created using my Prisma Color pencils..this card I created a couple of weeks ago and found that I did not own any Grey pencils in my collection so I resorted to shading with a brown pencil..it is okay but now since creating cards using Prisma pencils and having the grey it looks a lot nicer and softer.

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Trimming some white card stock and stamping one of the flower stamps from the Hero Arts, 3 Flowers stamp set onto the card stock, colouring in with the Prisma Color pencils and once I was happy with the overall effect of the colouring, I took the Envelope Pattern stamp also from Hero Arts, inking it up with Antique Linen distress ink and stamping over the entire image, applying more ink to the edges to soften. Adding a sentiment under the flower from the Hero Arts, All Occasion Messages stamp set, I then adhered the white card stock to some purple card stock that matched the flower, adding white gel pen dots around the purple card stock to frame the image. Finally, trimming a piece of Kraft card stock to form a card and stamped the entire front of the card with the Magical Background stamp that was inked with Frost White ink, adhering the purple card stock to the front of the card to complete.

I am finding that colouring with pencils is just as fun as colouring with Copics...kinda makes me feel like I am kid all over again laying on the floor in front of the fire at my Nannas colouring the pages of my colouring book...a process that always makes me smile.

Well I hope that you all find something that makes you all smile this week...enjoy the rest of the week and to celebrate my soon to be holidays, stay tune sometime this week as I will be having another giveaway.

Hugs for now!

14 comments:

Wendy ten Hove said...

Oeh! I like it, Joy! Love the purple paper in the back that matches the purple flower and the dots there, make it just perfect!! Love it!!
Hugs, Wendy

shirley said...

Love the purple Joy.
The brown shading looks great!

Dawn said...

very pretty Joy. The brown shading looks good with the envelope pattern

~amy~ said...

sooo pretty...your coloring is wonderful!

Brenda said...

Oh, that is so beautiful Joy! I love the effect of the brown shading around the edges, and that flower looks awesome against the Envelope background! Stunning work.

Barb said...

That's not easy to do with such a dark color but you've shaded it beautifully with the brown, Joy..... Love it!

Kathy said...

Oh so pretty! The brown seems to go very well since the purple is so bright. I think it's a beautiful card. I know you will so enjoy sleeping late and spending your days doing what you enjoy. Working in the yard, being in the midst of God's beautiful handiwork always lifts the spirits:)

Natalie said...

This is such a stunning card...the colours just POP!!!

Jess said...

Super pretty! I am looking through your archives and you have the best style! Keep it up!

Danielle said...

Beautiful, Joy! Purple and green are my favorite colors, so I am loving this flower! Hope the rest of your week goes quickly!

Nona said...

Such a pretty card, Joy! Love the purple flower especially since it's one of my favorite colors :) Your coloring is amazing and the brown shading compliments the flower perfectly!

Yvette said...

Beautiful! Great coloring!

Jill said...

Love the brown shading around the flower- so artsy!

Alice Wertz said...

your coloring is amazing no matter what coloring medium you use! love your shadow here, too. such a pretty card!

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